‘Call 1-800-DOUG-FORD!’: Ontario premier ready to welcome Quebec doctors fleeing Bill 2
- Canadian Healthcare Network
- 4 days ago
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Doctors in Quebec have been outraged over the contents of Bill 2, which forces a compensation system that ties a portion of physician pay to several performance metrics and imposes heavy fines for taking ‘concerted action’ to protest the government.
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2025/10/29
With anger brewing next door over Bill 2, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s ready to “roll out the red carpet” for disgruntled Quebec doctors looking to move to a different province.
“Call 1-800-DOUG-FORD, all the docs and come by. Call me on my cell phone, it’s on the internet,” he said at a news conference. “Come by and we’ll have you working real quick. We’d love to see the doctors, nurses. We'd like to see anyone in healthcare come to Ontario because we're a growing community.”
Doctors in Quebec have been outraged over the contents of Bill 2, which forces a compensation system that ties a portion of physician pay to several performance metrics and imposes heavy fines for taking “concerted action” to protest the government.
When asked about what the selling points of practicing in Ontario would be for Quebec doctors, Ford called Ontario “rich in francophone culture,” noting that the province is home to more than 600,000 French speakers.
“There's something about myself and Quebecers. We connect. They're passionate, they're fighters. I love Quebecers, and so come by and we'll get you connected,” the premier added.
Ontario isn’t the only province looking to court disgruntled Quebec doctors. Global News reported that Vitalité Health Network, New Brunswick’s francophone health authority, is set to roll out an advertising campaign during the Francophone Physicians of Canada in Montreal.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick also reported a spike in Quebec doctors seeking licenses in the province this month. The number of Quebec doctors applying in New Brunswick is normally in the low single digits each month, but this October, the number spiked to 34.
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